Two-root preamble design for delay and frequency shift

1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving control signaling that indicates a plurality of root preamble sequences;

transmitting a two-root preamble signal over two symbol periods that are sequential in time, wherein the two-root preamble signal is generated based at least in part on a first root preamble sequence and a second root preamble sequence of the plurality of root preamble sequences, and wherein the first root preamble sequence is different than the second root preamble sequence; and

monitoring for a preamble response based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first root preamble sequence is a first Zadoff-Chu root sequence that is different than the second root preamble sequence that is a second Zadoff-Chu root sequence.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the two-root preamble signal comprises:

transmitting a first preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on the first root preamble sequence during a first symbol period; and

transmitting a second preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on the second root preamble sequence during a second symbol period that is sequential in time to the first symbol period.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring for the preamble response comprises:

transmitting a second two-root preamble signal based at least in part on determining that the preamble response has not been received.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring for the preamble response comprises:

receiving the preamble response from a base station; and

establishing connectivity with the base station based at least in part on the preamble response.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the two-root preamble signal comprises:

transmitting the two-root preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on a first root preamble sequence pair that comprises the first root preamble sequence and the second root preamble sequence.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

generating a plurality of preamble sequence pairs based at least in part on the plurality of root preamble sequences, wherein each first tuple of each preamble sequence pair of the plurality of preamble sequence pairs is unique and each second tuple in each preamble sequence pair of the plurality of preamble sequence pairs is unique.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

generating a plurality of preamble sequence pairs based at least in part on the plurality of root preamble sequences, wherein each first tuple of each preamble sequence pair of the plurality of preamble sequence pairs is unique or each second tuple in each preamble sequence pair of the plurality of preamble sequence pairs is unique.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a doppler indicator, a delay indicator, or both, based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal; and

transmitting a data transmission, a control transmission, or both, using a waveform that is pre-compensated based at least in part on the doppler indicator, the delay indicator, or both.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

appending a first cyclic prefix to the first root preamble sequence and a second cyclic prefix to the second root preamble sequence to generate a combined root preamble sequence, wherein the two-root preamble signal is generated based at least in part on the combined root preamble sequence.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

appending a first cyclic prefix to the first root preamble sequence to generate a first appended preamble sequence and a second cyclic prefix to the second root preamble sequence to generate a second appended preamble sequence.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein transmitting the two-root preamble signal comprises:

transmitting, in a first frequency resource, a first preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on the first appended preamble sequence; and

transmitting, in a second frequency resource, a second preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on the second appended preamble sequence.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first and second preamble signals are transmitted during a single symbol period.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein a guard time satisfies a round trip delay threshold.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the first root preamble sequence and of the second root preamble sequence satisfies a cyclic prefix length threshold.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control signaling and the preamble response are received from a satellite, and the two-root preamble signal is transmitted to the satellite.

17. A method for wireless communications by a wireless device, comprising:

transmitting control signaling that indicates a plurality of root preamble sequences;

receiving a two-root preamble signal over two symbol periods that are sequential in time, wherein the two-root preamble signal is generated based at least in part on a first root preamble sequence and a second root preamble sequence of the plurality of root preamble sequences, and wherein the first root preamble sequence is different than the second root preamble sequence; and

transmitting a preamble response based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first root preamble sequence is a first Zadoff-Chu root sequence that is different than the second root preamble sequence that is a second Zadoff-Chu root sequence.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein receiving the two-root preamble signal comprises:

receiving a first preamble signal that generated based at least in part on the first root preamble sequence during a first symbol period; and

receiving a second preamble signal that generated based at least in part on the second root preamble sequence during a second symbol period that is sequential in time to the first symbol period.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein receiving the first preamble signal comprises:

performing a first correlation of a first signal received during the first symbol period with each of the plurality of root preamble sequences to identify the first root preamble sequence;

performing a second correlation of a second signal received during the second symbol period with each of the plurality of root preamble sequences to identify the second root preamble sequence; and

identifying a doppler shift, a delay, or both, based at least in part on the first correlation, the second correlation, or both.

21. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

establishing connectivity with a user equipment based at least in part on the preamble response.

22. The method of claim 17 , wherein receiving the two-root preamble signal comprises:

receiving the two-root preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on a first root preamble sequence pair that comprises the first root preamble sequence and the second root preamble sequence.

23. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

transmitting a doppler indicator, a delay indicator, or both, based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal; and

receiving a data transmission, a control transmission, or both, using a waveform that is pre-compensated based at least in part on the doppler indicator, the delay indicator, or both.

24. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

transmitting a doppler indicator, a delay indicator, or both, based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal; and

demodulating a data transmission, a control transmission, or both, based at least in part on the doppler indicator, the delay indicator, or both.

25. The method of claim 17 , wherein receiving the two-root preamble signal comprises:

receiving, in a first frequency resource, a first preamble signal; and

receiving, in a second frequency resource, a second preamble signal.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the first and second preamble signals are transmitted during a single symbol period.

27. The method of claim 17 , wherein a length of each of the first root preamble sequence and of the second root preamble sequence satisfies a cyclic prefix length threshold.

28. The method of claim 17 , wherein the wireless device is a satellite, and wherein the control signaling and the preamble response are transmitted to a user equipment (UE), and the two-root preamble signal is received from the UE.

29. An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor, memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive control signaling that indicates a plurality of root preamble sequences;

transmit a two-root preamble signal over two symbol periods that are sequential in time, wherein the two-root preamble signal that is generated based at least in part on a first root preamble sequence and a second root preamble sequence of the plurality of root preamble sequences, and wherein the first root preamble sequence is different than the second root preamble sequence; and

monitor for a preamble response based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal.

30. An apparatus for wireless communications by a wireless device, comprising: a processor, memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit control signaling that indicates a plurality of root preamble sequences;

receive a two-root preamble signal over two symbol periods that are sequential in time, wherein the two-root preamble signal is generated based at least in part on a first root preamble sequence and a second root preamble sequence of the plurality of root preamble sequences, and wherein the first root preamble sequence is different than the second root preamble sequence; and

transmit a preamble response based at least in part on the two-root preamble signal.